Transformations of the Swedish welfare state : from social engineering to governance? / edited by Bengt Larsson, Martin Letell, and Håkan Thörn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Larsson, Bengt, 1966-

Letell, Martin.

Thörn, Håkan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sweden--Social policy.

Sweden.

Social policy.

Welfare state--Sweden.

Welfare state.

Physical Description:

xii, 322 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

In the early 1990s, a centre-right government declared that they would implement a 'system shift' in Sweden, often perceived as a 'model country' in the context of welfare policy discourse. The neo-liberal ideology inspiring this shift had already influenced the social Democratic Democratic governments of the mid-1980s, in its attempts to find a way out of the economic problems of he 1970s. It was not until the 1990s, however, that an increasing to become seriously affected by the cutbacks in the public sector and the reorganization of the welfare system.

Using an analytical framework based Michel Foucault's concept of governmentality, this volume contributes unique case studies of the ongoing transformations of the Swedish welfare state. Contributors with long research experience in their respective fields take a close look at what kind of changes have take place, what their rationalities were and what the kind of changes have taken place, what their rationalities were and what the effects have been. Book jacket.

Martin Letell is post-doctoral Research at the Department of sociology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

HåKan Thörn is Professor at the Department of Sociology and the Gothenburg Centre for Globalization and Development, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Approaching the Swedish Model

1 Transformations of the Swedish Welfare State: Social Engineering, Governance and Governmentality - An Introduction / Bengt Larsson Larsson, Bengt, Martin Letell Letell, Martin, Håkan Thörn Thörn, Håkan

2 Pathways of the Welfare State: Growth and Democracy / Martin Peterson Peterson, Martin 23

Part II Security and Control

3 The Swedish Welfare-Warfare Nexus and the New Security Architecture / Hans Glimell Glimell, Hans 41

4 Governing Unruly Technology: Swedish Politicians and Nuclear Power / Goran Sundqvist Sundqvist, Goran 56

5 Policy Reforms in Sweden: New Perspectives on Rights and Obligations / Ulla Björnberg Björnberg, Ulla 71

6 Labour Market Policies in Transition: From Social Engineering to Standby-Ability / Mattias Bengtsson Bengtsson, Mattias, Tomas Berglund Berglund, Tomas 86

7 Decentring Economic Regulation and Control: Reinforcing Trust through Self-Regulation / Bengt Larsson Larsson, Bengt, Oskar Engdahl Engdahl, Oskar 104

8 Criminal Records: Governing Symbols / Christel Backman Backman, Christel 120

Part III Public Health

9 The Advanced Liberal Logic of Nicotine Replacement and the Swedish Invention of Smoking as Addiction / Mark Elam Elam, Mark, Andreas Gunnarsson Gunnarsson, Andreas 137

10 From Medicine by Wire to Governing Wireless: Changing Geographies of Healthcare / Jesper Petersson Petersson, Jesper 153

11 Governing End of Life: The Case of Sweden / Nora Machado des Johansson Johansson, Nora Machado des 168

12 Governing by Drugs: The Denial of Subsidy for Viagra Use in Sweden / Ebba Sjögren Sjögren, Ebba, Ericka Johnson Johnson, Ericka 181

Part IV The City

13 Governing Movements in Urban Space / Håkan Thörn Thörn, Håkan 199

14 From Hidden Homophiles to Public Rainbows: A Story of Liberation? / Cathrin Wasshede Wasshede, Cathrin 215

15 Real Estate Ownership Concentration and Urban Governance / Michael Landzelius Landzelius, Michael 230

16 Homelessness as Politics and Market / Cecilia Hansen Lofstrand Lofstrand, Cecilia Hansen 247

17 Conclusions: Re-Engineering the Swedish Welfare State / Hdåkan Thörn Thörn, Hdåkan, Bengt Larsson Larsson, Bengt 262.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230293410

0230293417

OCLC:

748328937

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